50 Gold Coast date ideas to up the romance factor

Whether it’s The First Date or you’re trying to keep the flame burning with your better half, coming up with romantic and fun date ideas can be tricky.

So for all you lovers and charmers out there, let us be your guide with these 50 Gold Coast date ideas.

Got the Munchies?

1. Grab a picnic blanket and a seafood feast from Fishmongers (they’ve been serving Burleigh Heads‘ locals since 1948 so they know their seafood stuff) and plonk down at the national park.

2. Ahhh chocolate, it’s the food of love! Pick up some sweets from Sanctuary Cove Chocolate Shop while you stroll around the village and promenade, admiring your future yacht sitting in the marina… one can dream, right?

3. Stuff each other’s faces with all sorts of delicious goodies at the Miami Marketta Street Markets on every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night.

20. Grab a coffee and stroll through The Village Markets in Burleigh Heads, on every first and third Sunday of the month. Follow it up with brekkie at The Pantry Cafe and you’ve got a morning well spent!

33. Nerves are kicking in… you’ve got butterflies in your tummy… heart is racing… Skydiving and dating sound similar, right? If you’re going to do it, do it right by landing on the beach with Gold Coast Skydive.

Get back to nature

45. Take a drive to explore the little village of Mount Glorious and walk through the lush rainforest of the Maiala National Park. On the way home make a pit-stop at the quirky Elm Haus Cafe and treat yourself to some delicious homemade cakes and coffee.

46. Check out the idyllic Natural Bridge nestled within Springbrook National Park. The unique waterfall and cave were created over millions of years by water tumbling through the roof of a basalt cave.

47. Take to Lamington National Park for some serious Insta-worthy nature snaps in the Green Mountains section. On the way back, you HAVE to stop for a little picnic at Picnic Rock. What better place?

48. Head on up to Tamborine Mountain and pick up some fudge at the famous Granny Macs, before working it off with a walk to Curtis Falls for a dip in the rock pools.

49. The O’Reilly’s Tree Top Walkway is not your average nature track. Your significant other will be wowed while you walk through the canopy along the nine suspension bridges that sway 15m above the ground.

Author

A born and bred Queenslander, Ariana grew up in a small town in Tropical North Queensland but now calls Brisbane home (after a five-year stint beachin' it on the Sunshine Coast). When she's not eating her way through the big smoke or cuddling dogs, you can find her Insta-snappin' Mother Nature in all her glory.